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1984 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jim Bobbitt [1]
  • Phil Leonard
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
Seasons
←  1983
1985 →
1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Ohio State $ 7 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Illinois 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Purdue 6 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
No. 16 Iowa 5 – 3 – 1 8 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 5 – 3 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Michigan State 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Michigan 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Indiana 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference. [2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 845 passing yards, Casey Cummings with 386 rushing yards, and Tony Coates with 311 receiving yards. [3] Defensive lineman Keith Cruise received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International. [4] [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at Illinois
L 16–2475,753
September 8at No. 19 Washington*
L 0–2655,364
September 15 Syracuse*
L 12–1323,199
September 22 Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 40–3730,341
September 29at Wisconsin
L 16–3178,509
October 6 Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–3136,598
October 13at Michigan
L 0–31102,245 [6]
October 20at Minnesota
W 31–2856,934
October 27 Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–4928,884
November 3at Michigan State
L 10–2763,619
November 10No. 13 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–5231,087
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 88 Rich Borresen Jr
WR 82 Curtis Duncan So
QB Sandy Schwab Jr
WR 6 Steve Tasker Sr
QB 11 Mike Wall Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 54 Tom Flaherty Jr
DT 53 Ted Karras So
LB 26 Alex Moyer Sr
LB 57 Mike Witteck Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1984 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1984 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Byars Unanimous All-Big Ten Choice". The Blade (Toledo). November 28, 1984. p. 36.
  5. ^ "1984 All-Big Ten Football team". UPI.com. November 19, 1984.
  6. ^ Tommy George (October 14, 1984). "Michigan pounds Wildcats, 31–0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 9D – via Newspapers.com.


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